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 The St Mary's River and Atlantic coastal wetlands are excellent areas for bird watching in Nova Scotia.- Bring along your binoculars and guide books !
Experience the best of Nova Scotia bird watching in our pristine coastal habitat along the Atlantic Bird Migratory Flyway. Our area offers many fresh and salt water marsh areas, ideal habitat for migratory birds including open fields, meadows & forests for nesting birds.
 Coastal regions are great sources of entertainment for both avid birders and casual bird watchers. Nova Scotia enjoys a rich compliment of over 400 bird species that appear thoughtout the province. Many regularly can be found n our area on a dependable basis from rare, uncommon or common throughout all months of the year. Nova Scotia Osprey The Osprey was designated as the provincial bird of Nova Scotia in 1994. 
You can also visit an online site that and see results from a query for "Guysborough" at the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas Site
Two common birds you are sure to see are the Loon and Osprey.
Listed below is a list of birds you might spot while visiting our area especially during the spring and fall migrations season.
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HERONS & BITTERNS
- Great Blue Heron
- American Bittern
DUCKS
- American Black Duck
- Ring-necked Duck
HAWKS & EAGLES
- Bald Eagle
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS
GROUSE
PHEASANTS
SANDPIPERS
- American Woodcock
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Spotted Sandpiper
PIGEONS & DOVES
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
OWLS
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
NIGHTJARS
SWIFTS
HUMMINGBIRDS
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
WOODPECKERS
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
FLYCATCHERS
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
SWALLOWS
- Tree Swallow
- Barn Swallow
KINGLETS
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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WAXWINGS
WRENS
THRUSHES
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
CHICKADEES
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Boreal Chickadee
NUTHATCHES
CREEPERS
CROWS AND JAYS
- Gray Jay
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Common Raven
VIREOS
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
WARBLERS
- Tennessee Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Mourning Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Canada Warbler
TANAGERS
SPARROWS
- Chipping Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
BLACKBIRDS & GRACKLES
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
- Pine Grosbeak
- Purple Finch
- Red Crossbil
- White-winged Crossbill
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
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